Having already lost several stars and headliners to injuries this
summer, the
UFC must now do without one of its top middleweights hopefuls
from “The Ultimate Fighter Brazil.”

The first international edition of the UFC reality show aired its
last episode Sunday on Brazilian TV, and promotion officials
announced Monday that an arm injury has left 185-pound finalist
Daniel
Sarafian unable to compete in his season-ending showdown
against Cezar
“Mutante” Ferreira at UFC
147.

Instead, Ferreira will tangle with the man whom Sarafian knocked
out of the semifinal stage, BJJ wiz Sergio
Moraes. Ferreira and Moraes meet in the co-main event of UFC
147, which takes place Saturday at Felipe Drumond Stadium in Belo
Horizonte, Brazil, and features a main event rematch between
Rich
Franklin and Wanderlei
Silva.

The change is just the latest brought about by a series of injury
woes, which most notably wiped “TUF Brazil” coach Vitor
Belfort from his main event pairing with Silva last month. In a
press release, the UFC stated that “fans who purchased tickets for
the event will now officially have three days to decide whether to
seek a full refund.”

Moraes had been slated to compete on the card against fellow cast
member Renee Forte,
who will now receive a spot on a future UFC event, per the
release.